jasondunn;428222 Wrote: > It's your typical street full of houses in the suburbs - meaning houses > on both sides of the street, side by side. I haven't gone knocking on > doors to figure out who has WiFi routers mind you... ;-) > ...................... > > Here's the thing I find very puzzling about going down the road being a > signal strength issue: I had *zero* signal strength problems with the > WRT54G router, and the 610N is supposed to be stronger/better/faster in > every way (MIMO antennae, etc.). I really do appreciate everyone's > input, but I'm quite certain it's more about the router itself and how > it interacts with the receiver than pure signal strength issues. > > At any rate, so far no drops outs today since I switched from Auto > Channel to one specific channel - so maybe that's the only tweak I'll > need. We'll see!
You don't have to knock on any doors. Your computers WiFi software likely shows you any/all available networks in it's range. Usually this data shows the network name, freq ch and #, A-B-G-N, signal strength. >From this data, find the strongest network signals that are not your network, see what ch (freq) they are on, choose a different ch for your network. It is best to choose ch's 1 or 6 or 11 if in the US. So if nearby strong signals are on 1 and 6, you should set your network to ch 11. If the nearest strong signals are both on ch 6 then choose ch 1 or 11 for your network. Signal strength is important. But even a strong signal will have difficulties fighting another strong signal on the same ch/freq. This may well have been what plagued your previous router. All routers are shipped preset to ch 6. Most people, including your neighbors, never change from the default ch 6, making ch 6 the most crowded 2.4 ghz WiFi G freq out there. :) -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63920 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
